[Virginia] Extracts from the Correspondence between the Department of War of the United States and the Executives of Virginia, on the Subject of the Western defence of this Commonwealth. War Department Nov. 16. 1791. Sir, Upon a Statement of M^r. Moore; Representative from Virginia, in Congress, it appears, that Some doubts exist, whether the protection, authorized by the President of the United States, on the 25^th Ultimo, and transmitted to the Governor of Virginia, should be extended to the exposed parts of the Counties of Wythe, Montgomery, and Washington. I am authorized by the President of the United States, to assure your Excellency, that it is his desire, that the defensive protection for the above mentioned Counties, should be as ef